Integrated amplifiers have become very popular again with audiophiles for a few reasons and we think it’s fair to say that expensive separates are becoming less relevant. Build quality matters.

At the tail end of 2024, Onkyo announced a big rebrand or a “rebirth.” After years of focusing mainly on AVR systems, the ...

In May 2025, Marantz introduced two reference-grade home theater components: the AV 20 preamplifier and processor and the AMP ...

A combination preamp/amplifier, typically for two-channel stereo. The preamp provides the input switching and phonograph equalization, and the amplifier boosts the signals to the speakers. Integrated ...

Onkyo marks its 80th anniversary with the Muse Y-40 and Y-50—compact streaming integrated amps with AirPlay 2, MM/MC phono, and HDMI ARC.

Full bass management is a rarely found feature in stereo integrated amps, but the Parasound Halo has it, along with superb sound. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

Dan D’Agostino recognizes that only a handful of music lovers are prepared to dedicate a miniature skyscraper’s worth of space—and an equally towering financial outlay—to build a comprehensive ...

If there is a single species of audio component that has gained popularity over the past few years, it would have to be the integrated amplifier; a single box whose entrails combine a control ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

As part of the French audio brand’s 30th anniversary celebrations, Advance Paris is introducing a new premium line of audiophile amplifiers that sits just above its acclaimed Classic range. According ...

In 2020, Virgil Abloh, the late artistic director at Louis Vuitton and founder of Off-White, started developing an artistic proposal for McIntosh, with the hope that it would lead to a special series ...